Interpretive Social Science by Mark Bevir, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Interpretive Social Science by Mark Bevir, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Interpretive Social Science by Mark Bevir, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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In this book Mark Bevir and Jason Blakely set out to make the most comprehensive case yet for an "interpretive" or hermeneutic approach to the social sciences. Interpretive approaches are a major growth area in the social sciences today. This is because they offer a full-blown alternative tothe behavioralism, institutionalism, rational choice, and other quasi-scientific approaches that dominate the study of human behavior. In addition to presenting a systematic case for interpretivism and a critique of scientism, Bevir and Blakely also propose their own uniquely "anti-naturalist"notion of an interpretive approach. This anti-naturalist framework encompasses the insights of philosophers ranging from Michel Foucault and Hans-Georg Gadamer to Charles Taylor and Ludwig Wittgenstein, while also resolving dilemmas that have plagued rival philosophical defenses of interpretivism. In addition, working social scientists are given detailed discussions of a distinctly interpretive approach to methods and empirical research. The book draws on the latest social science to cover everything from concept formation and empirical inquiry to ethics, democratic theory, and public policy. An anti-naturalist approach to interpretive social science offers nothing short of a sweeping paradigm shift in the study of human beings andsociety. This book will be of interest to all who seek a humanistic alternative to the scientism that overwhelms the study of human beings today. | Interpretive Social Science by Mark Bevir, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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